New inline 4-cylinder 250cc. Rumored to be offered in two power/trim configurations (46 and 60 HP)......with prices approaching $9.5K (!). https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/bikes/2020-kawasaki-zx-25r-tokyo/
Beat me to it. I know the price is high...but I seriously think I will end up with one of these. Gotta reward the manufacturers who take chances like this. This thing will rip.
I wouldn’t buy one at that price, but major kudos to Kawasaki for having the balls to release something like this. Looks like a hoot!
At 250cc's unless it goes "ring-ding-ding-ding-ding" when you twist the throttle, I ain't interested. Although to be fair, if its anything like this was, then maybe they've got something to work with here. 18K rpm redline I think this was. I do think the price point is too high, but it would be cool to see if this re-invigorates the other big 3 to make inline-4 250's rather than twin 250-400's.
An inline-4 400 would be kick-ass. But if this could be a spearhead to unify the entry level displacement stuff for like Junior Cup and international classes that would be pretty kickass. 20,000rpm and 50hp is already better than the 300-400cc twin's are making right out of the box. With some tuning will be interesting to see what these I4 250's are capable of since I imagine they are restricted to Euro5 standards.
I've ridden the old CBR250rr and it's a hoot. As someone that has raced a ZXR400 for years I'd love to see a new model but this will be a very fun ride.
Yea, 250CC I4 to 600CC to 1L for WSBK makes my OCD feel way better than the mix of 300s/400s we have right now in the little bike class. I hope they bring this to the US. Even if they have to choke it with a reduced power mode (two separate keys) and 6 cats, it would still be a pretty unique track bike.
Is that price correct? That's pretty much the same price as the ZX-6. With that in mind I don't think it'll be in the US if that's true.
While I was in the military overseas I had a GSXR400. I hit red the line every day, kept it outside, thrashed it unmercifully at every opportunity. For such a high strung little motor it was amazingly resilient and stupid fun. Kind of sounded like a very loud angry mosquito when it was tacking 14500. If I was young and small I would love another one. EDIT: Oh yeah is was really quite fast sort of, it would go over a 100 pretty quick, then it would go more but there was no quick.
You mean, something like the Honda CB400SF I4 that is currently produced for Japan and other markets?